Petition · past parliament
Make press retractions of page 1 articles be published proportionally on page 1.
Rejected
20 signatures
What the petition asks
Make it law that press retractions of articles on or listed from page 1 be published on page 1, proportional to the original article. This is to avoid misleading statements being made without sizeable, proportional accountability but is also to avoid simple errors not being corrected responsibly.
An article can change public opinion or misdirect understanding entirely. Errors can be made innocently, however they can create equally as damaging results as dishonest statements. Retractions may currently have too little effect, allowed to be published with minute size and not on the original page. If you potentially sell a paper with a page 1 article you must equally account for that article if it is false or erroneous, avoiding potential abuse of power, or avoidance of due responsibility
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 3 Jul 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 18 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
20
Status
Rejected
Rejected
18 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.